Director of Chaplaincy
About the role
Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At St. Mary's Medical Center hospital, we're seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.
Job summary
- Supervise Staff chaplains
- Facilitate Ethics Committee consults
- Chair the Organizational Ethics Committee
- Serve as liaison between Tenet, Diocese, and Franciscan Sisters
- Offer spiritual assistance to patients, families, and staff
Responsibilities
- Visit patients and offer spiritual comfort and pastoral care
- Offer support and guidance to patients' families
- Help with explaining Advanced Directives and DNR to patients and families
- Respond to Trauma calls and in-house hospital codes
- Act as liaison to staff members, between directors of other departments, and the wider community
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 2–3 years
About the organization
St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC), part of the Palm Beach Health Network, is a 420-bed acute care hospital in West Palm Beach. The hospital has been serving Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast for more than 80 years. SMMC is a Level 1 Trauma Center, a state-designated Pediatric Trauma Referral Center, certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, and has a Level III NICU. Pediatric services are provided at the Palm Beach Children's Hospital at St. Mary's Medical Center, which is the only dedicated children's hospital between Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. Along with 24/7 dedicated pediatric emergency and trauma care, Palm Beach Children's Hospital's medical staff consists of 196 pediatricians in 36 subspecialties.